1939 Slippery Rock Rockets football team

1939 Slippery Rock Rockets football
PSTC champion
ConferencePennsylvania State Teachers Conference
Record8–0 (5–0 PSTC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Slippery Rock $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
West Chester 3 – 0 – 0 3 – 3 – 3
Clarion 2 – 0 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Lock Haven 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Indiana (PA) 4 – 2 – 2 4 – 2 – 2
Mansfield 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
East Stroudsburg 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Shippensburg 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
Kutztown 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
California (PA) 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Millersville 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Edinboro 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Bloomsburg 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1936 Slippery Rock Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Slippery Rock State Normal School (now known as Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania) as a member of the Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference (PSTC) during the 1939 college football season. In their 20th season under head coach N. Kerr Thompson, the Rockets compiled an 8–0 record (5–0 against PSTC opponents), won the PSTC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 202 to 20.[1][2]

Slippery Rock had agreed to play in the "Brain Bowl" against Maryville, but Maryville pulled out of the game when seven of its players left for National Guard training.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at ShippensburgShippensburg, PAW 16–0
October 7vs. Millersville
W 38–0[4]
October 14Westminster*Slippery Rock, PAW 14–13[5]
October 21at Indiana (PA)Indiana, PAW 13–0[6]
October 28at Grove City*Grove City, PAW 13–0
November 4at Thiel*Greenville, PAW 14–7
November 11EdinboroSlippery Rock, PAW 40–0[7]
November 18California (PA)Slippery Rock, PAW 54–0[8]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1939 - Slippery Rock (PA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  2. ^ "Rockets Celebrate Tutor Championship". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. November 21, 1939. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Marysville Slips Slippery Rock". The Pittsburgh Press. November 20, 1939. p. 27 – via Newspapers.coma.
  4. ^ "Slippery Rock T. Triumph 38 to 0: Up-State Gridders Run Rough Shod Over Millersville T." The Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. October 8, 1939. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rockets Beat Westminster". Pittsburgh Sunday Sun-Telegraph. October 15, 1939. p. III-7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tutors Lose To Slippery Rock: "Big Indians" Falter Before Home-Coming Crowd, 13-0". Indiana Evening Gazette. October 23, 1939. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Slippery Rock Dunks Edinboro". New Castle News. November 13, 1939. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Rockets Win, 54-0, Fil Nocera Is Star". New Castle News. November 20, 1939. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.